How American Bureaucrats Became Public Enemy No. 1
Condon took the lectern at a meeting of the American Physical Society in Washington. If not as famous as his former boss at ...
Making America Red-Scared Again
In “Red Scare,” Clay Risen shows how culture in the United States is still driven by the political paranoia of the 1950s.
‘Red Scare’ author lets past political hysteria teach us about the present
Clay Risen examines Cold War hysteria in an even-handed way, trusting readers to make the connection between McCarthyism and ...
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How the Red Scare Reshaped American Politics
At its height, the political crackdown felt terrifying and all-encompassing. What can we learn from how the movement unfolded ...
This Is the Greatest Threat to Free Speech Since the Red Scare
“This seems like one of the biggest threats, if not the biggest threats to First Amendment freedoms in 50 years,” said Brian ...
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The Red Scare
In 1955, the jet aircraft manufacturer Canadair published an ad revealing typical anti-communist sentiments ... She and her family became a target for Quebecs Red Squads. "When I saw five ...
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How the Red Scare shaped American television
After World War II, a network of conservative politicians, religious leaders, sympathetic journalists and like-minded organizations in the United States devised a plan. This plan sought to turn ...
When America Persecutes Its Teachers
In 1949, New York State passed the so-called Feinberg Law, which made membership in any group labeled subversive by the U.S.
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Goldberg: Student’s arrest for protest mirrors Red Scare days
On the campaign trail, Trump repeatedly said he was going to deport anti-Israel student activists ... The closest analogue to this squalid moment is the Red Scare of the late 1940s and 1950s ...